The Case for Conker’s Comeback

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Rare was once one of the most iconic developers in the video game industry. In the 90s, the company was known for its colorful platformers, and most notably, introducing Donkey Kong’s modern incarnation with Donkey Kong Country. By the time the Nintendo 64 hit the shelves, Rare was one of the biggest contributors to the platform’s library, with games like Banjo-Kazooie, Goldeneye 007, and Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Conker in particular stood out among the wave of kid-friendly platformers that 90s gaming culture was so fond of. Taking an inspiration from South Park, Bad Fur Day used the juxtaposition of vulgar, inappropriate content and cute, colorful aesthetics for humorous purposes.

Despite the abysmal marketing and sales, Bad Fur Day’s approach to platformers was unique enough to warrant it a cult classic status. It even got a remake on the Xbox after Rare was bought by Microsoft, which was polarizing due to its decision to censor curse words despite ironically being on a system that usually targets teenagers and adults. After that, Conker was left alone, but his dormant series still has a devoted fanbase. To this day, there is still Conker-themed merchandise being made. With that in mind, in addition to the countless remakes and modern sequels gamers have gotten, a new Conker game would not be shocking.

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The 90s were a bastion of platformers, with most of them attempting to copy the success of Sonic the Hedgehog, which in itself was only created as a way to end Super Mario’s own quasi-monopoly on the genre. By the end of the decade, most of these games fell into obscurity, and by the 2000s, the entire genre fell into obscurity as well. Out of the pre-existing franchises, only Mario and Sonic